▪ Abstract Herbivore offense describes traits that allow herbivores to increase their feeding
and other uses of host plants when these uses benefit the herbivores. We argue that …

The nutritional morphology, physiology and ecology of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda:
Oniscidea) is significant in two respects.(1) Most oniscid isopods are truly terrestrial in terms …

To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of
wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and …

Plants, marine organisms, and microorganisms have evolved complex chemical defense
and signaling systems that are designed to protect them from predators and provide other …

Relationships among food choice, compensatory feeding, and the consequences for
consumer fitness rarely have been quantified. We created foods of varying nutritional quality …

It has been demonstrated in several taxa that generalists grow better when they ingest a
mixed diet than when they are restricted to just one or two items, but there are few cases that …

The interdisciplinary field of marine chemical ecology is an expanding and dynamic science.
It is no surprise that the breadth of marine organisms studied expanded in concert with …

Two very different factors favor generalist herbivores over specialist herbivores: greater
resource availability, which should be universally beneficial, and the possibility of mixing …

Parasitic plants are common in natural communities, but are largely ignored in plant
community theory. Interactions between parasitic plants and hosts often parallel those …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 75–79 Abstract Resolving how complexity affects stability of
natural communities is of key importance for predicting the consequences of biodiversity …